The summer recess is drawing to a close and pre season training will now be under way. Following our best season ever last time out we are hoping to build on those really good foundations. The league set up has finally been resolved and we are now in National League 2, South West (level 4). Our travelling is much …

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The Season is now well under way, and the Club has been a really busy place. All the Senior sides are now well into their respective League campaigns, and it is good to see some new faces amongst the players, with the Club commitment to ‘mixed gender’ sides as strong as ever. It is also especially good to see two …

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Are you a “reluctant runner”? It’s always nice to hear how our community running club has impacted on our members. Here’s Sarah’s story: “Having joined the Frenchay ‘JustRun’ group in 2019 to increase my fitness levels and general health, starting with the Couch to 5K group, I fairly quickly got the ‘run-bug’ and …

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The Frenchay 10k Charity Road Race went ahead on Sunday 24th April with a field of over 700 a record field of over 700 runners entered. The race passed very smoothly, and we were delighted, as a race committee, with the incredibly positive feedback we received from runners and spectators alike. As always, all …

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News from the Dings The season is now finished, a short summer break and we then look forward to pastures new. As we go to press we are still not sure of who we will be playing, but it will still be at level 2. We finished the season very stromgly, winning 10 of our last 12 matches. When you consider most teams in the …

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With the start of May comes the beginning of Fixtures for our various Teams in the ‘Senior Leagues’. The 1sts will again be challenging in the Bristol and District League (B&D) ‘Senior’ Division, while the 2nds hope for a change of fortune in B&D Division 5. Meantime, the 3rds address new challenges in Division …

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Skiing Holiday in March 2022 This winter marked the first Tennis Club ski trip to France, which is hoped will become an annual event, organised by club member Chris Horne. I was lucky enough to be able to go, along with 8 other DFTC club members. We spent a week in Tignes enjoying the skiing, beautiful sunshine and of …

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We love this time of year at Just Run because the light evenings, better weather and being dryer under foot mean we intersperse our pavement and lamppost lit routes with more off-road routes taking in the best of what the Frenchay area has to offer. From our meeting point every Monday at 7pm in the car park of Dings …

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As the season draws to a close and as at mid-April we have extended our winning run to 7 matches. This included a comprehensive defeat of Henley, our first win over them since 2012, cementing our 8th place in the league, and our best showing in the National Leagues. At the beginning of April, we held our celebration …

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This month sees the start of the new outdoor season, with a series of Friendly matches set up for the various ‘Senior’ Teams to hone their skills in preparation for the start of their respective League campaigns. As well as the regular four ‘mixed gender’ Saturday sides, new this year are two Women’s ‘Hardball Teams. …

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